{"id":9015,"date":"2023-06-28T18:34:42","date_gmt":"2023-06-28T23:34:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/?p=9015"},"modified":"2023-06-28T18:34:42","modified_gmt":"2023-06-28T23:34:42","slug":"greg-sankey-explains-the-possibility-of-moving-college-football-playoff-closer-to-regular-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/greg-sankey-explains-the-possibility-of-moving-college-football-playoff-closer-to-regular-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Greg Sankey explains the possibility of moving College Football Playoff closer to regular season"},"content":{"rendered":"

SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey<\/strong> recently explained his thoughts on the possibility of moving the College Football Playoff closer to the regular season and what it would take to accomplish that. <\/p>\n

During a conversation with Joel Klatt<\/strong>, Sankey said that at this point there are a couple of different options being discussed.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat\u2019s contemplated is two weeks and then about 10 days,\u201d Sankey said<\/a>. \u201cSo, depending on one\u2019s ranking, the break is an open week, and from my position, there\u2019s some health issues when you go through the season, provide that break, and then provide a rotation of games.\u201d <\/p>\n

As Sankey explained, there are problems with moving games up. That includes the academic schedule and finding a way to schedule Playoff games around existing events that the CFP wouldn\u2019t want to go head-to-head with. <\/p>\n

\u201cBecause there are also demands in December on campus that an NFL team will never experience that a young person on a college campus will. Conclusion of the academic semester and then final exams. So, I would generally say I think we have a decent pacing. Where we place those games long term is a bit of a question, because you have factors of conference championship games, Army<\/a><\/strong>\u2013Navy<\/a><\/strong>, NFL playoff games \u2014 I should say the NFL regular season, which has been extended \u2014 then the playoff games. How do you fit around those pieces? So, I think there\u2019s work to be done there. I agree in that sense,\u201d Sankey said.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd then on the kind of space issue, one of the interesting pieces of what we\u2019re dealing with right now is wanting to respect genuinely the student-athlete voice, and that\u2019s a point of influence that we have to consider. Now, I\u2019m interested in the voice of the young person who is a scholarship football student-athlete, who is recruited, who plays. To make those decisions, we need those voices. Not their advisors, not the people around them, not the swimmer to talk about the football season or the baseball player or the golfer who\u2019s playing in college, we need to hear from high-level football players.\u201d <\/p>\n

Sankey went on to explain that consulting with players is nothing new, pointing to the pandemic.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou want to know the group that made one of the most important contributions during Covid to our decision making was our football student athlete leadership group who met that definition, some of whom are in the NFL now\u2026I\u2019ll be swabbed every day if I can play on Saturday. I mean, that\u2019s a pretty clear guiding principle that you weren\u2019t hearing through the summer of \u201920 in the New York Times or the Washington Post, but that\u2019s the voice I wanted\u2026when we\u2019ve talked about the Playoff, I\u2019ve asked about adding games, which isn\u2019t universal but at a high-level, there\u2019s a potential for adding an additional game in the future, and the feedback from our leadership council is it\u2019s not the number of games, it\u2019s what happens over the full year,\u201d Sankey said. <\/p>\n

\u201cOut of season, spring, offseason, summer workouts, preseason, and then back to in-season. So, how do we think deeply from that perspective? So, if we go back to the calendar structure in the season, downtime, how do we keep young people engaged in a healthy way? Because I do think, to your point, when you\u2019re busier, you\u2019re more effective. There\u2019s an inflection point when you\u2019re too busy, you do need a break. We all need open weeks now and then.\u201d <\/p>\n

At the end of the day, it\u2019s clear that the athletes will be involved in this conversation.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut our student-athletes are going to have to be a part of that. We\u2019ve kind of pivoted to the old advisory council. All the sports contribute and make their observations, but we have to bring in that voice as well.\u201d<\/p>\n

Greg Sankey on his ideal for the future of the College Football Playoff<\/h2>\n

Greg Sankey may not like to admit that he\u2019s one of the most influential<\/a> people in college sports. However, it\u2019s clear that when he speaks, people listen. That includes when he explains his thoughts on the ideal future of the College Football Playoff, which is set to expand to 12 teams in 2024.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ll go back to the evaluation of the model that was directed by the presidents focused on \u201926, so thank you for reading that press release with intent, and then if possible expand early. So a lot of work and a lot of attention on the early expansion, and rightfully so, we need to be thinking about \u201926 because that\u2019s tomorrow in our work,\u201d Sankey said<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat I would like to see is the ability to have some cleanliness to the conclusion of the current set of agreements. And that\u2019s with the broadcaster, with the bowl games, with the other entities attached so that we can then make decisions in the marketplace fully. I think that\u2019s really really healthy for the game of college football, so that\u2019s big picture.\u201d<\/p>\n

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